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[quote=Anonymous]The DC DMV site does not answer my question at all, so hoping one of you fine folks may be able to help! My husband and I are in the market for a new car, and are trying to figure out if it's better/worse to buy a car outside of DC versus in DC. Backstory is that we are currently quarantining in Indiana, so could purchase a car here and drive it back to DC when we return. My biggest question is the excise tax: If we buy in Indiana and pay whatever taxes here, will we then also have to pay the DC excise tax when we go to register our car there? I've been through something similar once - I bought my parents old car from them in Indiana but had to actually transfer the title in DC, which ended up being much more expensive than expected, so trying to avoid that here if possible. I know it's not exactly the same situation, as we'd already hold title with this new purchase, but I truly cannot figure out how excise tax would apply if we were to purchase out of state. Thanks in advance for any insight/experience into this![/quote]

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